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Mr. Luddite

On 3/10/2014 11:44 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:56:46 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Protect your PC when Windows XP shuts down

Shea Conner | St. Joseph News-Press

Microsoft will stop providing security for Windows XP on April 8.

Although the current Windows 8 advertising campaign uses the Sara
Bareilles song “Brave” in its commercials, it’s the users who are
clinging to one of its older operating systems who should take the
song’s advice to heart.

On April 8, many computer owners around the world will face unknown
dangers when Microsoft stops providing automatic updates, bug fixes and
security patches for Windows XP.

CNET.com reports that 29.5 percent of Internet-connected PCs continue to
use a version of the XP operating system.

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"Face unknown dangers..." Like what, Klingons?

XP is close to 15 years old and Microsoft several years ago announced
its plans regarding the end of automatic bug fixes and patches. It's
time to move on.

How is that kool ade?

Your machine is not going to burst into flames on April 8 and if your
applications are not changing, why should you have to buy a new OS and
hardware?

True, but it's not long before you just can't do or view things anymore.
My wife dug out an old computer that has Windows 98 on it.
She had a bunch of pictures on it that she wanted but it wouldn't
connect to the home network and I could not install a driver for a flash
drive even though I found one and tried to install it via it's 3.25"
floppy drive. I ended up transferring the pictures she wanted two at a
time onto it's 3.25" floppy drive and then loading them into my much
newer laptop using a portable, USB 3.25" floppy drive. Took forever.